Cover-opener for receptacles



E. E. FINNEGAN.

COVER OPENER FOR RECEPTACLES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2 I9l6.

Patented July 1, 1910.

awuem toz UNITED san'rus EUGENE EDWARD FINNEG-AN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,ASSIGNOR TO CONTINENTAL CAN PATENT OFFICE.

COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

COVER-OPENER FOR RECEPTACLES.

- scription, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to thefigures of reference marked thereon.

My'invention relates toimprovements in cover openers for receptacles,and consists in the matters hereinafter described and referred to in theappended claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a cover) opener of thischaracter in which the cover is readily opened and the opener is at alltimes carried by the cover and so arranged that itis supported by thecover,-

wholly below the upper edge of the can.

Another object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap and .moreeffective opener ofythis character having certain details of structureand combination of parts hereinafter more fully described.

In. the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is topplan view of a camembodying my invention;

Fig; 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the cover removed, showing the means ofsupporting the removing lever therein.

Referring nowto the drawings, 1 represents a can which is of the usualtype having a lateral flange 2, extending inwardly below the upper edge3 thereof. This flange is of a considerable width, as shown in Figs. 1and 2 of the drawings, and is provided at its inner edge with anupwardly extendlng flange 4 forming a vertical wall for holding thecover.

.,The cover consists of a flat centralzportion 5 having at its outerperiphery the upwardly extending flange 6'which engages the "movement ofthe coverin the can and in 'vertical flange 4 of the can and whereby thecover is frictionallyheld in the can. .The upper edge of the flange 6 isdoubled into a horizontal flange 7 which limits the inward the ordinaryuse serves as means for removing the cover.

The vertical flange 6 of the cover at the Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented July 1, 1919.

Application filed February 2, 1916. Serial No. 75,689.

rections in the same plane. These two loops form a broad surface to bearupon the flange 2 of the can and the parallel portions pass through theslot and rest upon the top of the cover, and the doubled end 10 extendsupwardly so as to form a finger hold so that the lever can be raised.The lever is fulc'rumed in the slot and upon raising the doubled end 10the outer end engages the flange 2 of the can and the upper edge of theslot 8 and the cover is moved upwardly from within the friction flangeof the can. 'Wh'enposition the lever is supported wall, a cover having avertical wall adapted to frictionally engage said wall on the flange,

said wall on the cover having a slot therethrough above the flange onthe can, and a lever disposed radially of the can and extending throughsaid slot, said lever having lateral extensions at its outer end 1 ingadjacent the flange and circumferentiaily of the can and extendin beyondthe ends of the slot, the inner en of said lever being bent downwardlyso as to lie adjacent the lever and revent the outer end of the leverfrom passing over the edge of the can while said cover is in place, saidlever bearin against the flange on the can body as a in crum operatingwhen raised to lift the cover from the can.

2. The combination with a can havinga friction-cover. having anupstanding flange mower provided with a horizontal slot adjacent itswhereby the handle is raised and the, cover upper end, of a lever formedof a'single removed from the can. 10-

iece of wire having a looped portion form- In testimony whereof, I aflixmy signature,- mg a broad can engaging end, and a'handle in the presenceof two witnesses.

5 ortion curved downwardly therefrom and EUGENE EDWARD FINNEGAN.

- oosely passing through the slot and engag- Witnesses: ing the. upperface of thecover and its end I GEORGE H. Eons,

extending upwardly forming afinger hold GEORGE H. SPAULDING. y

